[Bug 382379] Re: pdftops CUPS filter has several problems

2011-02-18 Thread zcat
Is this fixed? Less than a month ago I installed 10.04 on a compaq laptop, printing to a network laser printer (can't recall the model). Everything fully up to date at the time, but it's printing PDF's at glacial speed and holding up everyone else's print jobs. Windows users in the same office

[Bug 22007] Re: no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver

2010-09-07 Thread zcat
Back when I first started running Ubuntu the screensavers _WERE_ configurable. So was the login window. I could choose what application ran when I inserted a DVD, eg have it run dvd:rip rather than the small number of programs that Ubuntu has deemed an acceptable 'player' for DVDs. I could

[Bug 532633] Re: [light-theme] please revert the order of the window controls back to menu:minimize, maximize, close

2010-03-18 Thread zcat
http://blog.internetnews.com/apatrizio/do-not-want-dog.jpg I've read through most of the comments and justification but I still think this change is MAJOR FAIL. Please revert. I've been working very, very hard to fix Bug #1 and this sort of change is probably the most destructive thing you

Re: [Bug 307363] Re: USB issues with MP4 player (anyka pmp2501 4GB)

2010-03-11 Thread zcat
As mentioned earlier, I decided it was working about as well in Linux as it did in any other OS so any issues were simply due to very poor design of the mp3 player. It died a short while later so I am unable to provide any further information. Feel free to consider this bug 'closed' -- USB

[Bug 387065] Re: evince refuses to display pdfs

2009-07-14 Thread zcat
When I checked this morning the problem had mysteriously resolved itself (probably as a result of a recent dist-upgrade) .. For the sake of comparison I'll include library versions of the 'working' evince. And the first thing that caught my attention is that libpoppler.so.4 is now

Re: [Bug 363355] Re: unable to open any pdf

2009-06-15 Thread zcat
Any suggestions on how I might fix it? 2009/6/15 Sebastien Bacher seb...@ubuntu.com the new comment is a local installation issue and not an ubuntu bug -- unable to open any pdf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363355 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber

[Bug 387065] Re: evince refuses to display pdfs

2009-06-15 Thread zcat
z...@mbeki:~$ ldd /usr/lib/evince/1/backends/libpdfdocument.so linux-vdso.so.1 = (0x7fff771ff000) libevdocument.so.1 = /usr/lib/libevdocument.so.1 (0x7f9dc9405000) libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 = /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x7f9dc8dc2000) libatk-1.0.so.0 =

[Bug 387065] Re: evince refuses to display pdfs

2009-06-15 Thread zcat
z...@mbeki:~$ which evince /usr/bin/evince z...@mbeki:~$ ldd `which evince` linux-vdso.so.1 = (0x7fff14b9e000) libSM.so.6 = /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x7f4997b25000) libevdocument.so.1 = /usr/lib/libevdocument.so.1 (0x7f4997908000) libevview.so.1 =

[Bug 363355] Re: unable to open any pdf

2009-06-14 Thread zcat
Same problem (I think) with evince in karmic. r...@mbeki:~# apt-get remove --purge evince Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: evince* ubuntu-desktop* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove

[Bug 387065] [NEW] evince refuses to display pdfs

2009-06-14 Thread zcat
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evince Using karmic alpha1 with all current updates, evince says it doesn't handle pdf documents. Error is; File type PDF document (application/pdf) is not supported Things I've tried so far after reading other bug reports: r...@mbeki:~# apt-get

Re: [Bug 152885] Re: USB unknown partition table

2009-03-22 Thread zcat
Looking at the changes between v2.6.21 and v2.6.27 I see this. It may explain why v2.6.21 works and Intrepid (v2.6.27) doesn't: Just to clarify; My mpx player is still working 'acceptably' in Hardy, Intrepid and the Jaunty beta. That is to say it appears on the desktop and opens automatically

Re: [Bug 73449] Re: VLC crashed when trying to encode to Theora and FLAC

2009-02-26 Thread zcat
2009/2/26 Dimitrios Symeonidis azim...@gmail.com: Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the

[Bug 209794] Re: Clear Private Data does not clear private data from the Awesome Bar's Rich Results list

2009-01-11 Thread zcat
OK, I've cleared history and agree that only bookmarks remain. It does seem that they're arranged in 'most visited' order which some people would argue is still history that should have been erased. I can also see the point that if I have some dodgy pornsite buried three folders deep in my

[Bug 152885] Re: USB unknown partition table

2008-12-11 Thread zcat
Time for me to eat some humble pie; my mp3 player does work in Intrepid, it just doesn't work in whatever passes for a recent kernel in Hardy. I guess it's time to upgrade... Also the problem _was_ much worse than just not mounting. I later noticed that the kernel was spewing all kinds of USB

[Bug 307363] [NEW] USB issues with MP4 player (anyka pmp2501 4GB)

2008-12-11 Thread zcat
Public bug reported: In hardy, the player doesn't mount automatically, 'mount -t auto' fails, 'mount -t vfat' works. Weird filesystem, I think? In Intrepid (kernel 2.6.27-9-generic) the player mounts automatically, but still has problems. Once mounted, any attempt to access the player (read or

[Bug 152885] Re: USB unknown partition table

2008-12-08 Thread zcat
The kernel developers attitude on this bugs me. A brief summary; 1) The device works perfectly in Windows and OSX, but not in Linux 2) The reason seems to be very simple. The device return 'garbage' data on the first read, and the real data on subsequent reads. Linux uses the first read. Windows

[Bug 298522] [NEW] gimp-svg freezes desktop (when inkscape is also running?)

2008-11-15 Thread zcat
Public bug reported: When importing an SVG file (two different fairly simple svg files so far, importing to 'reasonable' resolutions eg 330x310 or 800x1200), GIMP will cause everything else on the desktop to stop working. I can still move the mouse and drag windows about but window contents and

[Bug 209794] Re: Clear Private Data does not clear private data from the Awesome Bar's Rich Results list

2008-11-01 Thread zcat
Just adding my 2c, I also consider this a bug. Clear browsing history ought to clear all of the user's browsing history, not just 'most of it'. Obscure workarounds are not good enough. Please fix this. -- Clear Private Data does not clear private data from the Awesome Bar's Rich Results list

[Bug 73449] Re: VLC crashed when trying to encode to Theora and FLAC

2008-09-20 Thread zcat
I notice in the VLC 'wizzard' it says it's not really suited to transcoding ,more just for capturing network streams. I've been using different tools to encode ogg video so not really bothered any more by vlc's ability or lack thereof.. Would still be nice to get this fixed so I'll fire up VLC on

[Bug 216878] Re: Slow disk transfer rate on Hardy

2008-07-22 Thread zcat
same problem here; tried two different cables, all definitely 80-wire. Also tried ide0=ata66 ide1=ata66 idebus=66 as kernel parameters but no effect. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# uname -a Linux ubuntu 2.6.24-16-server #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:58:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dmesg | grep

[Bug 193808] Re: mumble refuses to start

2008-07-09 Thread zcat
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 178084 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178084 If mumble needs libqt4-sql-sqlite to run, then surely the mumble package should list the libqt4-sql-sqlite package as a dependency? Anyhow.. I just ran into this problem for myself and only found the answer

[Bug 178084] Re: Missing SQL drivers in libQtSql.so

2008-07-09 Thread zcat
Is this a duplicate of bug #193808 which causes mumble to not run? I suspect it isn't because I just installed mumble, afaik everything is up to date (A few days ago at most, certainly way more recent than 2008-03-01), and mumble still failed to run (QSqlDatabase: QSQLITE driver not loaded) until

Re: [Bug 191475] Re: [hardy] media tab in file management preferences missing applications

2008-07-07 Thread zcat
I'm not sure how different packages identify themselves as being a media player; perhaps this bug should be filed against the VLC package for not registering itself somwhere? I still want an option at the bottom of the list Run this command so I can have some completely different program start,

Re: [Bug 221330] Re: [hardy] Cannot change default player for DVDs

2008-05-09 Thread zcat
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 191475 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191475 The whole thing is stupid. There are sound underlying architectural changes to the virtual filesystem, however, the moving of the media from g-v-m to nautilus was wrong imo. Media should not be put in the

Re: [Bug 221330] Re: [hardy] Cannot change default player for DVDs

2008-05-09 Thread zcat
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 191475 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191475 could you stop commenting on a duplicate bug? upstream didn't change things to annoy users or similar, they just did a lot of architecture work this cycle and focussed on getting things working so they

[Bug 191475] Re: [hardy] media tab in file management preferences missing applications

2008-05-09 Thread zcat
OK, nathan's suggestion was fairly easy. But could somebody PLEASE PLEASE write something (A dialog, under removable drives and media where it used to be, preferably) that lets ordinary users change the default media player without having to manually edit mime types and .desktop files FFS. --

[Bug 221330] Re: [hardy] Cannot change default player for DVDs

2008-05-08 Thread zcat
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 191475 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191475 *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 191475 *** No it isn't. I have read that bug report and I do not think it's talking about the same issue at all. In Gutsy I used to have options of what media player would

Re: [Bug 221330] Re: [hardy] Cannot change default player for DVDs

2008-05-08 Thread zcat
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 191475 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191475 No, not the same place, but the manual setting is likely to be reintroduced in Nautilus in the next GNOME release; there's probably stuff that needs to be taken care of before that happens. Thank you

[Bug 221330] [NEW] [hardy] Cannot change default player for DVDs

2008-04-24 Thread zcat
Public bug reported: In previous versions of Ubuntu, I was able to change the default media player that started when I inserted a DVD, VCD or CD individually, under system preferences removable drives and media The tab has been removed and I cannot find any way of changing the default program

[Bug 221331] [NEW] [hardy] cannot change screensaver options

2008-04-24 Thread zcat
Public bug reported: Many versions of Ubuntu ago, it was possible to set a number of individual options on each screensaver. At some point along the way, somebody decided those options were too confusing or something and removed them, so now if I want to change the default options I have to go

[Bug 181281] Re: Allow access to Keyring manager with no password

2008-01-25 Thread zcat
I have the same problem. I already have full disk encryption, I want to enter just one password and then I want my laptop to boot straight to the desktop and connect to WiFi. I do NOT want to have to enter any other passwords. Otherwise I will just return to using unencrypted wireless. I feel

[Bug 145579] Re: [UNMETDEPS] sear has unmet dependencies

2008-01-20 Thread zcat
The same in hardy; The following packages have unmet dependencies: sear: Depends: libatlas-cpp-0.6-0c2a but it is not installable Depends: libcal3d11c2a but it is not installable Depends: liberis-1.3-11 but it is not installable Depends: libsage0 but it is not

[Bug 159868] Re: nvidia-glx makes links to incompatable modules

2007-11-04 Thread zcat
OK, I've tracked down the REAL problem, finally, I hope At some point I tried to use the nvidia-glx-new drivers, and found that they didn't work with my card. I also once tried nvidia's binary driver installer, which is quite likely the most frustrating mistake I've ever made since it seems

[Bug 159868] nvidia-glx makes links to incompatable modules

2007-11-03 Thread zcat
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nvidia-glx nvidia-glx package creates soft-links in /usr/lib which point to the wrong (nvidia-glx-new) versions of those libraries. The link /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1 - /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.100.14.19 should be /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1 -

[Bug 159868] Re: nvidia-glx makes links to incompatable modules

2007-11-03 Thread zcat
Just to confirm; GLX on my system is currently in perfect working order with the following links; [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ls -l /usr/lib/libGL* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 2007-11-04 14:47 /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1 - libGLcore.so.1.0.9639 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10040196 2007-10-16 00:42

[Bug 131521] Re: [Gutsy Tribe4] Can not found Canon printers

2007-10-28 Thread zcat
Not for me. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ tail /var/log/cups/error_log E [28/Oct/2007:22:48:40 +] PID 7241 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip) stopped with status 3! E [28/Oct/2007:22:48:42 +] [Job 6] Job stopped due to filter errors. E [28/Oct/2007:22:49:57 +] PID 7287

[Bug 131521] Re: [Gutsy Tribe4] Can not found Canon printers

2007-10-28 Thread zcat
BTW; why the change from nice friendly gnome-cups-manager to the hideously awful system-config-printer ?!!! It's like something out of Slackware FFS!! Somebody please change this back, or give me a really good reason why I shouldn't use the old system! -- [Gutsy Tribe4] Can not found Canon

Re: [Bug 134245] Re: [gutsy] restricted driver manager claims 2 nvidia drivers in use

2007-09-22 Thread zcat
On Sat, 2007-09-22 at 08:13 +, Sitsofe Wheeler wrote: zcat: This is a common call (Can you package an older version of this (e.g. 96xx) series of NVIDIA binary only drivers?). The answer is almost certainly older versions will not be packaged simply because NVIDIA don't support them

Re: [Bug 134245] Re: [gutsy] restricted driver manager claims 2 nvidia drivers in use

2007-09-21 Thread zcat
On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 11:01 +, ChrisC wrote: ** Summary changed: - [gutsy] restricted driver manager claims 2 nvidia drivers are in use + [gutsy] restricted driver manager claims 2 nvidia drivers in use Except it's not really THAT bug. Restricted manager is offering me the choice of a

Re: [Bug 134245] Re: [gutsy] restricted driver manager claims 2 nvidia drivers in use

2007-09-21 Thread zcat
On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 11:01 +, ChrisC wrote: ** Summary changed: - [gutsy] restricted driver manager claims 2 nvidia drivers are in use + [gutsy] restricted driver manager claims 2 nvidia drivers in use Actually, while I have your attention there are a bunch of cards that nVidia

[Bug 17881] Re: usb flash memory hangs after copying few MB

2007-05-10 Thread zcat
I'm not sure if I have the same problem, but it's quite similar and has happened on two different machines (both running Feisty), multiple USB ports, different logins, and with two completely different MP3 players. I start to copy a significant amount of files, and after a short time I get all

[Bug 73449] Re: VLC crashed: transcoding WMV to Theora and Vorbis

2007-02-03 Thread zcat
Trying to transcode the Gates testimony from wmv. VLC plays the files just fine so it seems to be the encoding it's having trouble with. -- VLC crashed when trying to encode to Theora and FLAC https://launchpad.net/bugs/73449 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com